Temporary binder



,if l' 1 H. D. INMAN l TEMPORARY BINDER Filed Aug. v15

Jan.

Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES maar PATENT cerros.

HERBERT D. IIll'ML/-IIL', OF FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SALESFOLIO COM- PANY, OF FGXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS. f

TEll/IEORARY BINDER.

Application filed August 13, 1921. Serial No. 492,051.

T 0 all whom it may concern.:

,Be it known that I, HERBERT D. INMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Foxboro, in the county of Norfolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an- Improvement in rlemporary Binders, ofwhich the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a speciiication, like characters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

This invention relates to a loose-leaf binder, and more particularly tothat type of binder in which the loose leaves are secured to a cover, orbetween a pair of covers by a binding string.

Loose-leaf binders have been used heretofore in which the loose leaveswere secured in place by threading a binding string through perforationsin the covers and in the loose leaves and then drawing the string tightand tying the ends together along an outer face of one of the covers.Such a binder satisfactorily holds the loose leaves in place, but t-heknot which secured the ends of the string together forms a more or lessobjectionable projection on the outer face of the cover, and isunsatisfactory in other respects.

An important feature of the present invention, therefore, co-nsists inmeans located upon the inner face of a cover of a looseleaf binder tohold the binding string, which means issimple and compact inconstruction, and may be easily manipulated to either engage or releasethe binding string.

Another feature of the invention consists in novel means for securingthe string` holding ine-ans to a cover of the loose-leaf binder.

The above and other features of the invention and novel combination ofparts will be herein described in connection with the accompanyingdrawing which `shows one good, practical form of the invention.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a loose-leaf binder having an embodimentof the linvention applied to a cover of the binder;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the looseleaf binder viewed from oneside; o

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the looseleaf binder, viewed from theother side;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig.3;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the string holding meansshowing the string released; and

Fig. 6 is a further enlarged, sectional view of the string holding meansshowing the string gripped. Y

The novel means forming the subject-matter of the present invention isadapted to be used in connection with various types of loose-leafbinders, andr to removably secure various types of loose leaves inplace.

The invention is illustrated in the drawing as applied to a loose-leafbinder consisting of covers 10 and 11 connected by a flexible back 12,and between the covers are mounted a number of stub leaves 13. rI`hestub leaves shown are adapted to secure photographic prints 14 in place,and each stub leaf consists of a rib 15 of sheet metal or other strongstiii' material, having a flexible strip 16 secured thereto. The strips1G are preferably covered with adhesive, so that the photographic prints14 may be readily secured to the stub leaves 13, and thereby secured inplace to form the leaves of a book as will be apparent from Fig. 1 ofthe drawing.

In the loose-leaf binder illustrated, the loose-leaf stubs 13 arevremovably secured in place by passing a binding string 17 through therib portion of the stubs 13 adjacent their opposite ends, and throughthe covers 10, 11 so that a portion of the string indicated by 18 liesalong the outer face of the cover 11 while other portions of the stringpass: through apertures 19 in the cover 11 and through the leaf stubs 13as at 2O.` o After the binding string has been passed through the looseleaves which are to loe secured to a cover, it is necessary to securethe end or ends of the string so that it will retain the leaves inplace. Novel means to this end will now be described.

In the present instance this is accomplished by securing Aupon the innerface of the cover 10 two independent gripping means adapted to gripQandhold the opposite end portions of the string 17. One gripping means islocated near one end of the cover 10 as indicated by 21, and the othergripping means is located near the other end of the cover as at 22. p

The gripping means 21 and 22 may be similar in construction, and in theembodiment illustrated, each consists of a plate 23 secured to the innertace ot the cover 10, and a second plate 251i pivotally secured to theplate 23, the arrangement being such that when the plate 2li is swung tothe gripping position shown in Fig. l, it will grip or clamp the string17 between the adjacent faces of the plates, and when the plate .24 isswung to the releasing position shown in Fig. 5, it will release thestring 17.

Various means may be provided for securing the gripping means 21 and 22tothe cover i0, but in theprese'nt instance the lined plate 2 3 issecured to the cover l0 by tworivet-e'yelets 25 and 26. The rivet-eyelet26 serves also to pivotally secure the plate 24E upon the plate 23., aswill be apparent ironi Fig. 6. The eyelets 25 and 26 serve a dualfunction, for in addition to securing the plates to the cover, theyprovide apertures through which the end portion ot the string 17 isthreaded.

The location ot' the gripping means 2l 'and 22 upon the cover l0 ispreferably such that the eyelets 25 llie in alignment with the portions2O ot the binding string, so that the ends ot the string may be threadedthrough the eyelets 25, along the outer tace of the cover l0 as at 27,and then inwardly through the eyelets 26. This arrangementcauses theends of the string to lie inside ot the cover as at 28 where they out oithe way. And when it is desired to clamp or secure an end portion of thestring, all that is necessary to swing the pivoted member into positionto grip that portion of the string which extends over the Yplate 23 andinto the eyelet 25. `Since the string l? is gripped the point where itenters theeyelet 25, a pull upon the binding portion of the string doesnot tend to move the plate 2e to its releasing p'osition. llur'theimore,the 4construction or the clainping means 2l and 22 isv such that theyo`ccupy a small an'ionnt of space, and can be cheaply made and securedto the cover.

ln some instances it may be 'desirable to provide the pivot plate 2iwitha small clearance space 'over the eyelet 25, to assist in holding thepivot plate in the clamping' position. ln the present instance this is:iecoinplished by forming an aperture 29 in the plate 24 adapted ltoreceive the curved portion oit the string entering the eyelet.

y Although the novel string` holding means herein disclosed isillustrated in connection with a particular typeot loose-leaf binder, itwill be understood that 'the present invention is adapted tor use inconnection with` variousv types ot hinders employing binding string tosecure loose leaves in place.r Y

lWh'at is claimed is i l. A loose-leaf binder comprising, incombination, a cover, a `binder string adapted to be passed throughremovable leaves to secure them to the cover, and means Jfor reinvasorinovably securing an end portion ot the string to the cover to hold theleaves bound to the cover, comprising plate secured to the cover byrivet-eyelets, the eyelets torming apertures adaptedv to have the stringthreaded therethrough, and a-second plate pivotally mounted to be swunginto gripping engagement with a portion ot the string protruding fromone of said eyelets.

2. loose-leaf binder comprising, in combination, a cover, a binderstring adapted to be passed .through removable leaves to secure them tothe' cover, and inea-ns tor removably securing an end' portion oia thestring to the cover to hold the leaves bound to the cover, comprising` aplate secured to the cover by rivet-eyelets, the eyelets toriningaperatures adapted to have the string threaded theretl'i'rough', and asecond p'late pivotally secured to the l'irst plate by one of saidrivet-eyelets and adapted to be swung into position to hold the bindingstring gripped betii'feen the plates.

3. A. loose leaf binder for stub leaves, comprising a pair ot coversconnected by a flexible back piece, eyelets mounted in each cover, stubleaves between the covers and provided with adhesive strips 'for engagement vwith loose leaves, a binding string extending along the outer taceoi' one cover and 'extending inwardly tl'n'ough the eyelets thereof andthreaded through the stub leaves and through the eyelets oit the secondcover, additional eyelets in the second cover through which the ends ofthe binding string are threaded inwardly, and string gripping meansmounted upon lthe inner face oit the second cover and positioned to gripthe string at the point where it passes through an eyelet.

4. A looseV leaf binder, comprising a pair ot covers connected by aflexible baci; and adapted to receive loose leaves between the covers, abiinling string l'raving its intermediate portion secure'd toone coverand extending from this cover through the removable leaves,`and meanstor removably securing the ends ot the binding string to the Voppositecover to secure the leaves in place, connl rising plates each secured tothe inner tace of the cover and having two apertures one tor the passageof the string outwardly through the plate and cover and the other forthe passage or the stringv in'- wardly through the plate and cover, anda second plate pivotally secured to the Afirst and adapted to be swunginto position to gripbetween the plates the j ior'tion ot the stringentering one oit the apertures.

5. A loose leaf binder for stub leaves-,comprising a pair of coversconnected by a flexible back piece, stub leaves between the covers andprovided with adhesive strips for engagement with loose leaves, abindingstring secured to one cover and threaded through the stub leaves andthrough the second cover, and means for removably securing an endportion of the string to the second cover to hold the stub leaves boundbetween the covers, comprising a plate secured to the second cover andhaving apertures for the passage of the string therethrough, a secondplate pivotally secured to the first plate by means of an eyelet throughwhich the string is threaded, and the latter plate adapted to be swunginto position to grip the binding string between the two plates.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

HERBERT D. INMAN.

